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Annie in Austin

Welcome! As "Annie in Austin" I blog about gardening in Austin, TX with occasional looks back at our former gardens in Illinois. My husband Philo & I also make videos - some use garden images as background for my original songs, some capture Austin events & sometimes we share videos of birds in our garden.
Come talk about gardens, movies, music, genealogy and Austin at the Transplantable Rose and listen to my original songs on YouTube. For an overview read Three Gardens, Twenty Years. Unless noted, these words and photos are my copyrighted work.

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Jake's Peaches

Last April I told the world the story of Jake's peach tree - the saga of a Harry & David peach pit, planted a few years ago by my sister and her husband and son Jake. In its fourth spring the tree burst into beautiful pink bloom and Red and her family hoped there would be peaches.

Next came a photo of the developing green fruit and then in July the photo above showed them beginning to color.

A week ago my sister Red sent this photo of the ripening fruit with the guy who planted the tree and had faith that it would grow and bloom.

And she also sent a photo of some peaches in a bowl. They weren't huge, but they were beautiful peaches! When a recycled Harry & David box arrived this afternoon - I had to share the joy!

Dear Family,There's a light fruity fragrance already - maybe Philo and I can sample one of these very special peaches tomorrow. Thank you all - I can't believe you did this!

And Red - sure hope you and sister Josie will have a chance to get to Mamma Mia soon if you haven't already been to the theater together.I wrote about seeing it this week with my friend MSS over here at Annie's Addendum and don't think there are any real "spoilers' in my post.

I bought the CD yesterday - guess what - the booklet has all the words, so by the time the DVD comes out - I'll be ready.

Now I just hope you are as thrilled with the movie as we are with the peaches!

I'm glad some one made peaches this year. I had a good crop going and nectarines to boot, and a new bunch of squirrels moved in and got them all.I take my extras to the feed store down the road and it is certainly a gift appreciated by all. Savor the flavor Annie.

Annie - what a sweet story you shared with us. Wish you could share those peaches, too! They look wonderful. I have a peach tree, but sadly, no peaches. We saw the Mamma Mia musical at Bass last year and absolutely loved it -- so fun to hear all that great music again. And amazing they made a whole play out of a song!

With a little photo wizardry, maybe you could produce a Jake and the Giant Peach pic. Congratulations to the young man and his persistence. Just a bit south of where we live in Illinois, there are many peach orchards, but I bet none of them has such a magical Harry & David (& Jake) tree.

Hi Annie,I swear I commented here the other night, but with Blogger eating them lately, who knows! What a lucky little guy he is to see fruit from his first endeavor at planting a tree! At his age I would have been thrilled, because I hadn't progressed from much more than Zinnias, Four O'clocks and corn at that stage! (But I was weeding for Dad, btw.)

I love peaches more than anything fruity, so I hope those ones they sent you were tasty! I'm going to eat our first tomatoes tomorrow and need to see if some of the others who were starting to turn are ready yet!

Hi Phillip they're intensely peachy tasting. I'm not sure what you'll think of Mamma Mia - some of the biggest fans of the play hate the movie! They say it's changed too much. If you go - please let me know what you think!

I have a peach tree with no peaches either, Diana - it's planted under the pecans. I heard that the "The Winner Takes It All" was the song used by the writer when she began to turn the ABBA music into a narrative - but "Dancing Queen" is probably the biggest number in the movie.

Randy & Jamie - you'll have to start planting the roof!

Oh, Walk2Write - how could I forget that cute kid book? The peach blossoms usually were killed by late frosts where we lived in IL, but some people gave it a try.

They are small and beautiful and sweet, Mr McGregor's Daughter - it's fun to be able to share this good ending to the tale.

Thanks Nicole - from the growers and the blogger.

Peaches are way up there for me, too, Chigiy - finding peach orchards when on vacation in the Carolinas was a fun memory.

The juice can't run down, Yolanda Elizabet - each one gets cut in half and shared by Philo & me!

Hi Leslie - they taste wonderful but are much smaller than the ones you buy from H & D...peach genetics are beyond me.

It goes against all advice, Lancaster Jenny, one reason we love the story!

Blogger is a mischievous gift sometimes, IVG - when it goes bonkers I try to stop cussing at the computer and remind myself it's also free...but it's easier to stay mad. Jake & his brother have planted tomatoes for years - he's already got your two favorite crops covered. These are great peaches.

I'll bet you count those peaches as one of the best gifts you've ever received. What a treasure! Jake is obviously very proud of his peaches, and his whole family is proud of him, and his planting adventure..and with good reason. I can just imagine how good they smelled!I read your celebratory post about Mamma Mia and absolutely have to see it now :) If you were that excited it must be wonderful!

A comment from you is like chocolate - maybe I could live without it, but life is more fun with it. I'll try to answer. If someone else's comment piques your interest, please feel free to talk among yourselves.